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Director: Morton Tyldum
Writer: Jon Spaihts
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne
Release Date: December 21st
Plot Synopsis: A spacecraft is transporting thousands of people to a distant colony planet that has a malfunction in one of its sleep chambers. As a result, a single passenger is awakened 90 years before anyone else. Faced with the prospect of growing old and dying alone, he eventually decides to wake up a second passenger.
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"Tomatometer Guess: 73%. Directed by Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) and starring the two biggest faces in Hollywood right now, this sci-fi film is about two passengers on a spaceship who form a romance when their sleep pods open early.
Actual Score: 31%. While far from terrible, Passengers is a case of a brilliant concept not developed to its fullest potential. Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are enjoyable, and it has entertaining moments, but its creative premise is traded in for an clich"

"And the Nominees Could Possibly Be...
*Damien Chazelle- La La Land
*Kenneth Lonergan- Manchester by the Sea
*Mike Mills- 20th Century Women
*Jeff Nichols- Loving
*Jon Spaihts- Passengers
Passengers seems like the strongest early bet; the script has been out and circulating for nearly a decade, and has been picking up excellent notices ever since. Manchester by the Sea is the only film here that's been seen, and it scored near unanimous praise. While I think it'll likely be too small to make mu"